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Our novel dataset covers parts of Central Europe with high spatial r esolution from 1782 to 1930. Leveraging instrumental variables and the s taggered expansion of the railway network\, we document that industriali zation flourished particularly where transport infrastructure and resour ces coincided\, highlighting strong complementarities between these endo wments. We show that coal mining served as the predominant driver of thi s relationship. We only find a negative relationship between pre-existin g artisanal skills and railways in predicting growth. Finally\, we demon strate that electrification - though positively associated with growth - primarily reinforced existing patterns. LOCATION:S0.18 CATEGORIES:Economic History Seminar LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T152159Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260603T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260603T140000 SUMMARY:MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) - Ghasan Asbool (Warwick) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260603-8ac672c49dcce476019dce617ac20358@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260529T092802Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Bank Lending Practices and Nonlinearity of Firms’ Inve stment LOCATION:S0.08 CATEGORIES:MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T092802Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260616T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260616T130000 SUMMARY:MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workhsop) - Nurlan Lalayev (P GR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260616-8ac672c49dcce476019dce6d30a60413@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260611T155255Z DESCRIPTION:Title: When Does Urbanization Produce Growth? Development Alo ng the Ladder of Urbanization LOCATION:S0.09 CATEGORIES:Macro/International Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T155255Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260623T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260623T130000 SUMMARY:MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260623-8ac672c49dcce476019dce6fedcf041b@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260427T101535Z DESCRIPTION:To be advised. LOCATION:S0.09 URL: ATTACH: CATEGORIES:Macro/International Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T101535Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260604T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260604T140000 SUMMARY:AMES Workshop - Kyle Boutilier (PGR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260604-8ac672c49e63d74d019e6eb495852d0e@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260529T084315Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Moving to Health: Co-Location and Health Care LOCATION:E0.23 (Social Sciences) CATEGORIES:CAGE-AMES Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T084315Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260618T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260618T140000 SUMMARY:AMES Workshop - Jean Akpo & Zhifan Huang (PGRs) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260618-8ac672c49eab7b17019eb5b8cbc3231d@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260611T084149Z DESCRIPTION:There will be two presentations (30 mins each) and the titles are: i) Matrilineal Kinship and Fertility Trade‑offs - Jean Akpo ii) Ba rgaining with the Emperor - Zhifan Huang LOCATION:E0.23 (Social Sciences) CATEGORIES:CAGE-AMES Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T084149Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260604T140000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260604T150000 SUMMARY:AMRG (Applied Microeconomics Reading Group) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260604-8ac672c59c03dd43019c095406f10c7f@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260129T103707Z DESCRIPTION: LOCATION:S1.50 URL: ATTACH: CATEGORIES:Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T103707Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260618T140000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260618T150000 SUMMARY:AMRG (Applied Microeconomics Reading Group) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260618-8ac672c59c03dd43019c09548b370c82@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260129T103741Z DESCRIPTION: LOCATION:S1.50 URL: ATTACH: CATEGORIES:Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T103741Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260602T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260602T140000 SUMMARY:CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Elaheh Fatemi Pour (PGR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260602-8ac672c59db02a11019dbf10969e28e0@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260601T074655Z DESCRIPTION:Title: The Cultural Premium: How Cultural Origin\, Economic C ontributions and Value Alignment Shape Immigration Attitudes LOCATION:S0.18 CATEGORIES:CWIP Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T074655Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260609T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260609T140000 SUMMARY:CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Carole Gao (PGR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260609-8ac672c69db0fb8c019dbf1e3cac47b8@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260612T131551Z DESCRIPTION:Title: How Do Self-Evaluations Influence Others’ Evaluations? An Updated design LOCATION:S0.09 CATEGORIES:CWIP Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T131551Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260616T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260616T140000 SUMMARY:CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Adam Di Lizia (PGR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260616-8ac672c69db0fb8c019dbf20a0d147bd@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260611T101237Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Brainrot? The Effect of Short-Form Content on Long-For m Attention Abstract: Has the rise of short-form content worsened our at tention spans? I assess this question by studying slice-by-slice attenti on to news videos on YouTube\, the leading global source of video conten t. Leveraging the staggered rollout of YouTube Shorts across markets and channels\, I find that the introduction of short-form content significa ntly worsens user attention to their usual videos. Skipping to any given section of a video increases by approximately 30%\, with across video c omparisons showing that longer videos are worst affected. The effect is fast-acting and permanent. On the supply side I find no evidence that ch annels modify the content of their videos\, but instead increasingly pro duce their own short-form content. Disaggregating this skipping within v ideos\, I find a uniform increase to all slices except for the final 5% of a video. I rationalise these results with a model in which videos are not discrete units but a collection of interdependent slices. Skipping allows users to trade off context for additional video content\, with sh orts exposure lowering the value of context and leading to content-seeki ng behaviour. Structural estimation reveals that viewers value context 1 5% less relative to content in response. Mechanism tests suggest these r esults are driven by a worsening attention span\, rather than substituti on or user composition. Overall\, short-form content has large impacts o n user behaviour. LOCATION:S0.09 CATEGORIES:CWIP Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T101237Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260602T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260602T130000 SUMMARY:MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Damiano Raimondo (PGR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260602-8ac672c69dcce470019dce5f6d3a0356@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260528T161247Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Multi-location firms and aggregate productivity LOCATION:S0.08 CATEGORIES:Macro/International Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T161247Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260625T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260625T140000 SUMMARY:MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260625-8ac672c69dcce470019dce70f9170385@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260427T101643Z DESCRIPTION:To be advised. LOCATION:S0.10 URL: ATTACH: CATEGORIES:MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T101643Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260611T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260611T140000 SUMMARY:AMES (Applied Microeconomics Early Stages) Workshop - Ozlem Topla r & Enver Ferit Akin (PGRs) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260611-8ac672c69e812825019e8dc2cd632f10@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260603T135334Z DESCRIPTION:There will be two presentations: Ozlem Toplar will present Be yond Exposure: Active Engagement with Alternative Identities and Affecti ve Polarization. Enver Ferit Akin will present Geopolitics at the Examin er's Desk: Evidence from 2018 China Initiative and USPTO Patent Examinat ion (with Emre Ekinci). LOCATION:E0.23 (Social Sciences) URL: ATTACH: CATEGORIES:CAGE-AMES Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260603T135334Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260610T100000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260610T110000 SUMMARY:PEPE Reading Group - Sebanti Mukherjee (PGR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260610-8ac672c69e812825019e976c76a85ae0@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260605T105644Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Identity Linkage\, Religiosity\, and Policy Preference : Experiment on Cricket in India LOCATION:S2.84 CATEGORIES:Political Economy and Public Economics Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T105644Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260609T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260609T130000 SUMMARY:MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Charlotte Van Her wijnen (PGR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260609-8ac672c79dadffcb019dce69628a56ee@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260612T131519Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Salary History Ban in the United States LOCATION:S0.09 CATEGORIES:Macro/International Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T131519Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260602T141500 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260602T153000 SUMMARY:Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Zachary Bleemer (Prince ton) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260602-8ac672c79e623cf6019e63779d200226@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260529T092519Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Changes in the College Mobility Pipeline Since 1900 (j oint with Sarah Quincy) Zachary will present an updated version of this study https://www.nber.org/papers/w33797 LOCATION:S0.18 CATEGORIES:Applied & Development Economics Seminar LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T092519Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260603T100000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260603T110000 SUMMARY:PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Reading Group - Ozlem Toplar (PGR) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260603-8ac672c79e7300d8019e736522b700ef@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260529T110108Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Beyond Exposure: Active Engagement with Alternative Id entities and Affective Polarization LOCATION:S2.84 URL: ATTACH: CATEGORIES:Political Economy and Public Economics Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T110108Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260614T234322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260603T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260603T180000 SUMMARY:CRETA Seminar - James Best (CMU) TZID:Europe/London UID:20260603-8ac672c79e7300d8019e824142e50976@warwick.ac.uk CREATED:20260602T111258Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Divide and Confer: Aggregating Information without Ver ification. Here is a link to the paper. Abstract We study mechanisms for aggregating information divided across a large population of biased sen ders. Each sender privately observes an unconditionally independent sign al about an unknown state\, so no sender’s report can be verified agains t another’s. A receiver makes a binary accept/reject decision whose payo ffs depend on the state. Even though cross-verification is impossible\, we show the receiver can benefit from informational division. We introdu ce a novel incentive-compatibility-in-the-large approach that studies op timal design via the large-population limit. For fixed population size\, optimal mechanisms are in general complex. However\, we show that in th e limit they converge to a simple mechanism that depends only on the pay off from acceptance\, and punishes excessive consensus in the direction of the common bias. These surplus burning punishments yield payoffs boun ded away from the first best\; the resulting inefficiency demonstrates h ow our concept of informational division is distinct from standard model s of information in large populations. LOCATION:S0.19 CATEGORIES:CRETA Seminar LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T111258Z ORGANIZER;CN=Gill Gudger: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR